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80-G-270513: Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944

80-G-270513: Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944. USS St. Lo (CVE 63) burning after being hit by a Japanese suicide plane off Leyte Gulf, Philippines. Taken from USS Kalinin Bay (CVE 68). View shows the moments after the second explosion, 25 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2014/05/15).
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Caption: Battle off Samar, October 25, 1944. USS St. Lo (CVE-63) burning after being hit by a Japanese suicide plane off Leyte Gulf, Philippines. Taken from USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68). View shows the moments after the second explosion, 25 October 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collection of the National Archives. (2014/05/15).
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